Randy Maniloff
, Wall Street Journal; I Have a Dream—and a CopyrightClarence Jones had the presence of mind to protect Martin Luther King’s speech.
"Clarence Jones, lawyer and speechwriter for Martin Luther King Jr., died last month at 95. King’s confidante is credited with helping the civil-rights leader draft the famous 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech."
MEGAN BUTLER, Courthouse News Service; DC Circuit rules AI-generated work ineligible for copyright
"In a landmark opinion over the copyrightability of works created by artificial intelligence, a D.C. Circuit panel ruled on Tuesday that human authorship is required for copyright protection.
As AI technology quickly advances and intertwines with human creations, the unanimous opinion lays down the first precedential marker over who or what is the author of work created solely by artificial intelligence under copyright law.
The case stems from Dr. Stephen Thaler, a computer scientist who creates and works with artificial intelligence systems and created a generative artificial intelligence named the “Creativity Machine.”"
MATT GROWCOOT, PetaPixel; Photo Agencies Publish Open Letter Demanding AI Copyright Protection
"The world’s leading photo agencies and photographer associations have co-signed an open letter calling for legal protections against artificial intelligence (AI).
Getty Images, the Associated Press, Agence France-Press, the European Pressphoto Agency, and the National Press Photographers Association are among the organizations calling for intellectual property (IP) rights to be respected.
While praising generative AI technology and its potential benefits to society, the signees warn that a flood of synthetic content into the public sphere has the potential to undermine the public’s trust in the media."
